GCO: "Alpha Protocol is a contender, non the less. However, with such heavy holiday competition, it needs the cutting edge tools to impressive potential buyers; seeing that it's a freshmen in the presents of senors. With that said, SEGA has revealed that Alpha Protocol has stepped back into the shadows, and that it won't release this year."
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CVG: Sega's finally, officially and properly confirmed RPG Alpha Protocol's delay to spring 2010.

"Alpha Protocol is a new take on the RPG genre and from day one the team has been working to make Alpha Protocol a truly unique game for players to experience." says Obsidian boss, Feargus Urquhart.

"We're very happy that Sega has made the decision to hold back the shipment of the game in order to give it the best chance at becoming the publishing success that we at Obsidian and our partners at Sega are striving for".
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Release date inconsistencies on the titles official website reveal that Sony may be trying to acquire timed exclusivity for the game.
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Putting long running rumors to rest, Sega has officially announced the delay of action RPG Alpha Protocol. Fittingly, the announcement comes on the day of the game's original planned release.
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Originally, the list of games to be released this month was huge.
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Just like last year, there are two major RPGs being released this fall. In 2008, it was Fallout 3 and Fable II. In 2009, it's Alpha Protocol and Dragon Age: Origins. Is there room for both? Sega president and COO Mike Hayes expressed extreme confidence during a phone interview last week about Obsidian Entertainment's upcoming spy RPG, which drops on October 6th.

"The thing we're most excited about really is it's the first RPG of the season to come in," said Hayes. "I think we're well placed and also being a modern day spy RPG, I think there's a very good point of difference that [means] we're certainly getting a lot of interest from consumers in general."

Clearly, Hayes is pleased that BioWare and Electronic Arts chose to delay Dragon Age: Origins by a few weeks, moving the massive fantasy RPG out of the October release schedule and into early November (the PlayStation 3 version has an unspecified release date later in November, however).
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From PS3 Attitude: "SEGA gave PS3 Attitude a preview of Alpha Protocol, their forthcoming 'espionage RPG', this morning at Gamescom in Cologne.

The first thing that impresses in this espionage RPG is the level of customisation, combined with a slick graphical style that screams of your favourite spy movies.

But what surprised us is the depth of the game and the amount of time you'll need to find everything it offers..."
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Kotaku writes...... A brief look at Alpha Protocol yesterday brought to mind how what may be the western-made role-playing-game time-sink of this fall compares to some recent big ones. A quartet of love scenes is but one difference.
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Nick @ PS3Center writes:

Obsidian Entertainment's upcoming spy thriller, Alpha Protocol, has been described by producers as being all about 'open-choices'. You can chose your dialogue options, the way you carry out your missions, and even which women you want to pursue(if any). Now, the developer has revealed that you can even beat the game without killing anyone.
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Destructoid has been speaking with Chris Avellone, lead creative designer on the intriguing spy-themed RPG, Alpha Protocol. They've all heard by now that Alpha Protocol will be following in BioWare's footsteps by providing gamers with some "tasteful" sex scenes, and naturally Destructoid wanted to dig a little deeper. They asked Avellone what he thought of the role sex plays in videogames, and whether the erotic elements are there just for the sake of being salacious.

"I think it's an important step, and it's not sex for sex's sake, but it's part of human interaction that makes you more involved in the game world and your characters," he says. "Just like in the real world, sex runs the range from entertainment to a symbol of the depth of feeling between two people, and not having that reflected in a role-playing experience feels does RPGs an injustice."
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Alpha Protocol has been Rated 15 by BBFC
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DualShockers writes:

"Most gamers remember how everyone went nuts about Mass Effect having a sex scene between a blue female alien and the main character. Well now it looks like Obsidian is looking to include full frontal nudity in Alpha Protocol as well..."
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Sex scenes in upcoming role-playing shooter Alpha Protocol are "satisfying" but "tasteful", developer Obsidian has said.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com, Obsidian programming producer Nathan Davis confirmed no gameplay elements will be involved.

Video game sex is currently in vogue, with US RPG developer BioWare in particular happy to include sex scenes in its games.

2007's Mass Effect allowed player characters, male and female, to have sex with computer-controlled male humans and female aliens, without showing full-frontal nudity.
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NowGamer: Obsidian Entertainment is 'trying to get the message out' about its upcoming action game

With Sega's espionage action thriller Alpha Protocol due out in October, the game's developers have stressed that while it looks very much a third-person action game, there's more to it than screenshots may initially convey.

Asked how conscious the studio is of gamers wiewing it simply as a shooter, Obsidian programming producer Nathan Davis, said: "If you just look at the game from a screenshot or something, it'll look good but you'll miss out on that RPG mechanic. So we're trying to get the message out that this is an RPG and everything is dependant on the RPG stuff… it's crazy reactive."
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Alpha Protocol is the upcoming title developed by Obsidian Entertainment and Published by Sega and in this the second walkthrough we look at the customisation options that the lead character Michael Thornton has and how the safehouses in the game will give depth and a sense of immersion to the Espionage RPG. Its really best you watch the walkthough to get a feeling for the depth of customisation so I'll shutup and let you watch…..
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There are agents that fancy their skills at infiltration and stealth. Then there are agents that lean towards the explosive side of clandestine work. Well either way you lean, Gamecrazy has you covered if you're a stealthy agent with their exclusive Alpha Protocol Pre-order Stealth Weapons Pack and for those that like to make things go boom, GameStop's got you covered with their exclusive Alpha Protocol Pre-order Assault Weapons Pack.

Head over to the SEGA Press ftp now (link below) and look in the SEGA Games/Alpha Protocol/Pre-Order Images folder. There you'll find screens of the special guns you'll be getting with this special pre-order deal each exclusive to either GameStop or Gamecrazy.
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Alpha Protocol has a unique pre-order bonus item promotion - you'll get different weapons depending on which retailer you pre-order with - but developer Obsidian says that people who don't pre-order at all won't be getting the short end of the stick.
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Sega has announced the release date for Obsidian's sneaky action RPG Alpha Protocol.
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Today SEGA of America announced their games to be showcased at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 2009). Below are the games and a little description of each from SEGA. These SEGA games are hitting multiple game platforms in 2009 and 2010.

From SEGA:

Aliens vs. Predator (Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 system, Windows PC) – Releases early 2010

Alpha Protocol (Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 system, Windows PC) – Releases October 2009

BAYONETTA (Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 system) – Releases late 2009

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii, Nintendo DS) – Releases October 2009

Planet 51 (Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 system, Wii, Nintendo DS) – Releases Fall 2009

The Conduit (Wii) – Releases June 23rd 2009

Vancouver 2010 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Winter Games – (Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 system, Windwos PC) – Releases January 2010
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One of the worst things about dialogue-heavy games is that it always feels like way too much effort to read and evaluate options. Alpha Protocol uses a strict timer for the next dialogue 'stance,' giving players seconds to guide the conversation. This appears to not only keep the experience quick, but also to string together a scene properly, rather than talk, ponder, talk.
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